I appreciate Square Enix supporting LGBT rights in FFXIV.

[Nethereal]

Yeah you are right straight ppl would react differently. The rainbow rock changes everything, it can't just be a rainbow rock.
The straight alternate ending : https://imgflip.com/i/5cgqy0
Seems legit xD

Imagine ignoring the entire storyline being about keeping your friends and family safe all while protecting your current identity/self from the past you, a different you while your old lover who you don't even remember is mind controlling you into destroying everything you currently hold dear.

Nah they just wanna flick each other's beans. Stuff is gold.

[Steinar]

Imagine ignoring the entire storyline being about keeping your friends and family safe all while protecting your current identity/self from the past you, a different you while your old lover who you don't even remember is mind controlling you into destroying everything you currently hold dear.

Nah they just wanna flick each other's beans. Stuff is gold.

Yup. These folks don't care about the story, and they don't even consider a beautiful friendship, they just want to check a box. Gotta love the twatter generation.

[Juzjuzz]

Parallel lines travel the same direction.

It's hard to explain with words so here you go : https://imgur.com/a/pDss0h2
It works xD

Imagine ignoring the entire storyline being about keeping your friends and family safe all while protecting your current identity/self from the past you, a different you while your old lover who you don't even remember is mind controlling you into destroying everything you currently hold dear.

Nah they just wanna flick each other's beans. Stuff is gold.

Ppl forget that in romance : at the very least one of the two characters wants to do lewds things, even if he doesn't know he will show it clearly.

[Alaray]

It's hard to explain with words so here you go : https://imgur.com/a/pDss0h2
It works xD

It doesn't, because it's about as sound an argument as I'd see on a middle schooler's homework assignment. But there isn't much left to expect from someone who responds with hastily pasted together memes to try to be funny.

[Kaedan]

While I'm in full support of Pride and all my LGBTQ friends, the rainbow crystal at the end of the Eden story has nothing to do with Pride. It's the colors of the elemental crystals.

[Fredco191]

okay, can we let this thread die now?

[Juzjuzz]

It doesn't, because it's about as sound an argument as I'd see on a middle schooler's homework assignment. But there isn't much left to expect from someone who responds with hastily pasted together memes to try to be funny.

"It doesn't work because a middle schooler can do that" lol they are not that stupid lmao, well not every single one at least :/
I'm still waiting to know why it doen't work tho xD

[Rinhi]

Being gay/lesbian doesn't really have anything to do with your age.

it does when people are desperately trying to ship and headcanon them into being in a relationship

The giant rainbow rock amidst them fighting to be together through an entire story arc is, still, pretty on the head about it. Can't really get more direct than that, without them just straight up saying it.

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Imagine ignoring the entire storyline being about keeping your friends and family safe all while protecting your current identity/self from the past you, a different you while your old lover who you don't even remember is mind controlling you into destroying everything you currently hold dear.

Nah they just wanna flick each other's beans. Stuff is gold.

also,

And I figured most of the "we don't like the gays in our games" people preferred implication over direct statement.

what's up with your camp always trying to imply that people who don't want checkbox representation or don't see two damn teens being friends as being a couple as being anti-gay, anti-lgbt and anti-whatever? I'm gay, do I have internalised homophobia now? do you have any other argument aside from headcanon and shipping?

[Awha]

If people have their own interception why does it matter, does this need to boil down to well what argument do you have to support your claims. Troll or not, if people want to see something as harmless as this as representation why not let them? Some may nor agree but challenging their point just seems to create conflict over what largely amounts to a non issue.

[Lanadra]

If people have their own interception why does it matter, does this need to boil down to well what argument do you have to support your claims. Troll or not, if people want to see something as harmless as this as representation why not let them? Some may nor agree but challenging their point just seems to create conflict over what largely amounts to a non issue.

I mean, if someone has a hot take that boils down to 'Gaia and Ryne are a lesbian couple.. oh and the rainbow crystal is SE making a pride statement, if you disagree you're a homophobe' you're going to get people to argue with you.